TJ’s Household Haiku

21 May 201622 May 2016

What next! First our phone line crashes, then the modem dies, now we have had a blackout for the last 6 hours! Is it Internet Armageddon? Anyhoo... Welcome to TJ's…

French Friday

8 Apr 20168 Apr 2016

It's Vendredi! I am bereft! The program I use to tidy up my photos is no longer available. It was wonderfully easy to use and free. Naturally Google bought up…

Lazy Sunday

20 Sep 201520 Sep 2015

Native Australian plants tend to be very sensible when it comes to making the most of the good times. When the end of winter approaches there is a desperate profusion…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge – Scales

19 Sep 201520 Sep 2015

Weighing up my life To find the ingredients Became unbalanced Here is a collection of the wonderful "Fabric" haiku from last week's challenge...:) HSHAIKU is well aware of the potential of…

le Cafe Parisien

18 Sep 201519 Sep 2015

Two weeks into Writing 101 already. Quelle horreur! The task is to "Update your readers over a cup of coffee" as though addressing you over a cup of coffee. My natural…

It’s too darned hot!

14 Sep 201514 Sep 2015

I thought myself hot Like a raging forest fire My spreading sunburn. *** Hot, cold, start, finish No sooner begins then ends My broken shower. *** Like hot black coffee,…

Lazy Sunday – Perth

13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015

Wandering down to Fremantle and the ancient wooden bridge. Sunshine on the water. A boat bobbing along as a train runs overhead. Some fisherman creating arcs of light as their…

Jeudi Joyeuse

3 Sep 201521 Sep 2015

For sheer decorative bravura you cannot but admire the spectacular balconies and stained glass dome of the Galleries Lafayette, Paris. The Art Nouveau splendour is a joy to behold and…

Lazy Sunday – Plum Blossoms

30 Aug 201530 Aug 2015

Here are 3 views of a plum tree already in full flower although it is still the last few days of winter in Perth. Already I can feel the warmth…

Ho Chi Minh City Avalanche

26 Aug 201530 Nov 2015

I captured this photo through the windscreen of our coach of commuters in Ho Chi Minh City. This unstoppable avalanche of people seem somehow to move without endlessly crashing. There…

Lazy Sunday in Versailles

23 Aug 201523 Aug 2015

"Describe in pictures a perfect day" prompts Wordpress. Weekly Photo Prompt: Today Was a Good Day We spent the most wonderful day in Versailles and I thought that, it being Sunday…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Windows

22 Aug 201522 Aug 2015

Different Perspectives Curtains in tatters Letting others see my want While I see the sun If you would like to participate in TJ’s Household Haiku challenge then you can use any…

Beware the Victoria and Albert Museum

20 Aug 201520 Aug 2015

Jennifer Nichole Wells' One Word Photo Challenge is "Hail". It made me think of this snuff box which reminded me of a frozen lake covered with shards of ice. (only…

Aussie Culture Tips 1

19 Aug 201520 Aug 2015

Australians take cricket very seriously. On a recent jaunt to Melbourne I was wandering about in the MCG (The Melbourne Cricket Ground) and this picture shows how obsessed Aussies are…

Lazy Sunday – Photo Feature

16 Aug 201516 Aug 2015

It is that time of the week again and I do hope you are not a victim of the dreaded "Sunday Trading" and can spend Sunday as you wish. Here…